Award type:
Scholarships/awards
Affiliation:
Ontario first generation, Woman
Award description:
One scholarship, valued at $2,000, is awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in Year Three in the Faculty of Engineering on the basis of academic achievement (minimum 80%) and extracurricular and volunteer involvement. Preference will be given to students who identify as women who are first generation Canadians. Heinz W.Vahlenkamp, Dipl.-Ing., P.Eng. (1919-2009) graduated from the Technical University in Karlsruhe Germany in 1949 with his degree in Civil Engineering. During his career, he worked on various dam and bridge projects locally and around the world. This annual award is to be presented in remembrance of a man who believed in integrity, hard work, and in the ethics of the Engineering field. This fund is made possible through the generosity of his wife, Ruth Vahlenkamp, and his daughter Sabine Schleese in grateful memory and love for an exceptional husband, father and engineer.
Value:
$2,000
Eligibility & selection criteria:
- minimum 80% overall average
- extracurricular and volunteer involvement
- preference to women students who are first generation Canadians
Level:
Year Three
Program:
Engineering→Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geological Engineering, Management Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Nanotechnology Engineering; Software Engineering
Citizenship:
Canadian citizen/permanent resident
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Spring
Application details:
- Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
- At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Fall deadline (September - December).
- Access the Fall Term Undergraduate Award Application on our Undergraduate Studies Form page.
- The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
- Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
- A resume is also required.
Application deadline:
July 15
Contact:
- Student Awards & Financial Aid
- safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
- The Centre, Needles Hall
